Re: [PATCH] compat: move strdup(3) replacement to its own file

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Hi,

On Wed, 7 Sep 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Well, OK.  I think the missing point is that the original nedmalloc
> > doesn't come with strdup() and doesn't need it.  Only _users_ of
> > nedmalloc need it.  Marius added it in nedmalloc.c, but strdup.c is a
> > better place for it.
> 
> Thanks.  I'll add these lines like so:
> 
>     Move our implementation of strdup(3) out of compat/nedmalloc/ and
>     allow it to be used independently from USE_NED_ALLOCATOR.  The
>     original nedmalloc doesn't come with strdup() and doesn't need it.
>     Only _users_ of nedmalloc need it, which was added when we imported
>     it to our compat/ hierarchy.
> 
>     This reduces the difference of our copy of nedmalloc from the
>     original, making it easier to update, and allows for easier testing
>     and reusing of our version of strdup().

Excellent!

Thanks,
Dscho

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